ALTA Newsletter June 2013
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ALTA NEWS June 2013 Volume 20 Issue 2 “I am an ALTA student. Now I can …” Celebrang 20 Years — A collaboraon piece painted by ALTA Belmont Reading Circle students and guides in celebraon of the ALTA milestone BELMONT 624-2582/3442 Mon-Thurs: [email protected] 84 Belmont Circular Road 8am-5pm Fri: 8am-4pm SAN FERNANDO 653-4656 Mon & Wed: [email protected] St. Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, 8:30am-4:30pm 3rd Floor, 12 Harris Promenade Thurs: 8:30am– 3:30pm Indira Roopan ARIMA 664-2582 Mon & Wed [email protected] Arima PTSC Terminal Mall 8am-3pm Carolyn Hepburn Fri 9am-5pm www.alta-.org MARK YOUR CALENDARS Successful Tutor Training Fri 5 July Term 3 ends—Tutors enter At Belmont, Arima and San Fernando aendance online and award 101 prospecve volunteer tutors student cerficates started the 6-day ALTA training in Sat 6 & Sat 13 July BG computer mid-April and 90 are now ready to training: Free two-day introductory improve the reading and wring computer session for tutors and skills of adults in our free classes. students. Here is a sample of their thoughts on the ALTA experience so far: Tues 3 & Wed 4 Sept New student - This has taught me to look at registraon at libraries, 9am—6pm learning to read and write in a whole Sun 8 Sept Internaonal Literacy Day new way. This is a great opportunity to make a difference in peoples’ lives Mon 9 Sept Term 1 starts Arima training course but is also a great responsibility.” Sat 5 Oct Reading Circle training. - “This training programme was very New guides urgently needed! ALTA TRAINING TEAM intense. It is highly structured and Arlene Romero Mon 7 Oct Reading Circle & extremely well organised. It was a great Carla Mohammed NALIS Youth Lit (under 16s) start learning experience for me. The Carolyn Walker-Hepburn Sat 26 Oct Annual General Meeng programme also does a good job of Cheryl Thurab-Prince & Current Tutor Meeng with preparaon for literacy tutoring.” Deborah O’Neil Regional Coordinators ALTA - “Very well structured course. Keep up Earlyn Wilson the excellent work.” Belmont 9am—12noon Elizabeth King Oliver - “I appreciate all that I have learnt. This Gem Rowe REFRESHER TRAINING course is needed in schools at primary Gloria Ferdinand 8am—4pm level so that the English language can Hamilton Padmore come into its own. I enjoyed this All connuing ALTA tutors are Ingrid Stuart learning me immensely.” Jeanee Williams required to aend a one-day refresher as the ALTA programme is Our thanks to faithful partners Bethel Judith Affoo always being updated. 2013 Pentecostal in Arima and Open Bible in Judy Sewsaran refreshers will introduce new San Fernando for accommodang us June Hezekiah spelling diconary pages and a new and bearing with the inconvenience of Lieselle Mohammed strategy for phonic cards. Register some 40 ALTA facilitators and Lilian Ramsaroop and collect homework by July 12. parcipants once a week. Lucia Nimrod Lucien Long Over the past two years ALTA has Lystra Hazarie focussed on building the training team Margot Malcolm Office Dates and this now numbers 29 group Marilyn Jordan Romany Sat 17 & Wed 21 Aug facilitators, of whom 12 are also Belmont Marlene Charles Lev 1 & 2 experienced presenters. Mary Mc Burnee South Sat 24 Aug Lev 1 & 2 ALTA’s resource base was further Paula Lucie-Smith Belmont Sat 24 Aug Lev 3 strengthened by nine expert volunteer Sara Gordon tutors who aended the training to Sarah Ashraph Fri 13 & Sat 14 Sept Belmont prepare to be class coordinators. Sylvia Gordon All Beginner tutors Tricia Carter Naa 2 ALTA-CSP Partnership Brings Literacy Classes Library Coordinator to 9 New Communities Leonie Lyons Covigne Embacadere Enterprise 291-9398 ARIMA Mary McBurnee Lavenlle: Sogren Trace & St. Barbs Mon Repos 347-7070 Mt. D’Or Patna Sangre Grande: Quash Trace Cheryl Thurab-Prince The ALTA-CSP iniave aims to aract volunteer tutors from CHAGUANAS 665-7610/739-3527 communies where no volunteers have come forward over the last 20 years. CSP Community Acon Officers, Community Acon Councils and Ann Marie Walco 397-4230 ALTA Field Officers rose to this daunng challenge. Between October COUVA and February, 27 persons from nine communies started as Vernon Ramlogan 221-5175 apprences at ALTA classes under the guidance of 16 mentor tutors. Of these, 24 were able to commit to teaching starng in September MAYARO Agatha Williams and invited to train as tutors. 21 have successfully completed tutor 681-7683/630-3259 training and will connue to work with their respecve mentor tutor Lynee Frederick unl the end of the academic year. This will ensure that the new tutors PT. FORTIN 777-1219/371-3524 are fully prepared to set up their own classes. A very producve planning session with ALTA-CSP Camille Parmassar PORT OF SPAIN 742-0946 tutors, their field officers (to become their class coordinators), Paula Lucie-Smith and Project Myrna Jones Manager Marlene Charles on Saturday 15 June PRINCES TOWN 712-2548 equipped each community with a detailed acon Pat Noel plan to introduce ALTA, customized to the needs, 779-3459 opons and condions of their specific community. Indira Roopan Kathy-Ann SAN These 21 dynamic and resourceful tutors are certain 291-0221 Dickson from FERNANDO Olive Brizan-Wilson to create thriving ALTA classes within these new Patna trains at 335-2035 locaons. Belmont Jane Amman 620-2691 New Student Registration Marsha Sco SANGRE 668-3219 Tues 3 & Wed 4 Sept GRANDE mainhouse67@yahoo. com At public libraries 9am—6pm Please offer help with our 2013 campaign so this can reach those who Andrew Neehall SAN JUAN 389-0077/675-3866 are waing for an opportunity to improve their literacy. ALTA needs: [email protected]. Students and tutors to be featured in ALTA TV, press & radio interviews. Their experiences are what really works to get those Jean Rahaman with low literacy to act to improve their reading and wring skills. SIPARIA Lutchman (Contact Karelle or Joanne at Belmont: [email protected] or 362-1688/368-2230 [email protected]) Marlene Wilson McNeil 752-1798 Tutors to distribute flyers, put up posters in places with a flow TUNAPUNA through of people, and make announcements at their churches or Sandra Branch 718-7427 any group/club they belong to. Sponsors for radio and newspaper ads WARRENVILLE Deanmaee Tutors to take a shi for student registraon at the libraries. REGIONAL Rambally (Contact library coordinator listed on the right). COMPLEX 672-4173 3 CAN YOU HELP? Reading Companion Venue Days & Times Mon: 10am-12 noon & 4-6 pm Reading, it’s Life! Articles ALTA Wed: 4—6 pm ALTA student or tutor wring is Belmont featured every Thursday in the Fri: 10 am—12 noon Trinidad Guardian Lifestyle Secon. NALIS POS Tues: 4- 6 pm ALTA needs your wring to keep this column alive and excing! Please ALTA San Fernando & Arima To start October 2013 email student and tutor wring to [email protected]. Original Writing Needed ALTA Office Assistance for IBM Reading Companion Over July-August, ALTA needs help to The IBM Reading Companion is a free, web-based, voice-recognion prepare for the new academic year subscripon ALTA has been using for the past year at Belmont and and student registraon, e.g. sorng NALIS POS to build fluency in reading. and compiling incomplete card sets, ALTA wants to take advantage of the opportunity to upload local packaging class materials. This is a content to the Reading Companion site for use by literacy students good opportunity for teens to get subscribed to the service, worldwide. Do you have any stories, poetry work experience and clock up or factual pieces you are willing to share? volunteer hours for their CV. We would like to invite submissions of such topical, aenon Staff Vacancy grabbing pieces from our extended community of tutors, ALTA Clerical Assistant (Full-me) student-writers and other friends that may be aspiring writers. minimum of 5 CXC passes, must be Accompanying illustraons and/or photographs are also greatly proficient in Microso Office Suite appreciated. and Internet Explorer. Kindly note that we require that all submissions be unpublished, non- copyrighted pieces, as copyright is assigned to IBM once the work is Contact Office Manager Teheli uploaded to the Reading Companion site. In addion, tutors Sealey, 624-3442/[email protected] subming students’ wring must ensure that they have the student’s permission to do so, and must indicate whether the student wishes to ALTA Ambassadors have his or her full name aached to the work. Let’s create a Reading ALTA is geng more requests for Companion virtual library that keeps Caribbean and Internaonal outreach acvies ranging from students coming back for more! talks to PTAs and Rotary Clubs to booths at open days at schools, More guides are also needed to consistently offer this new service, companies and government so spread the word among computer-literate friends and relaons. A agencies. Join the team of ALTA brief inducon is all you need. Email: [email protected] or call ambassadors so you can bring the Joanne (624-2582) if you are interested. ALTA message to prospecve tutors and students. Call Karelle at 624-3442 or email: Students at ALTA [email protected] Belmont using the IBM Reading Companion virtual library. 4 Youth Lit 2013 THANKS TO SPONSORS ALTA and NALIS 2012-2013 Youth Lit The Price Family Charitable Fund - programme, now in its 5th year, started The philanthropic Foundaon of with 79 Level 1 and 51 Level 2 students. Pricesmart Limited, the Price Family Classes were held at 10 public libraries with Charitable Fund has connued its 14 tutors.